AlexHamilton
The Fly
What is it? Live Aid? Another show you've been to? Extra points if you can find it on youtube and share it with us.
Well of course I couldn't find youtube of mine, I think video exists of one of these but not the other...
1985-04-15 East Rutherford - epic version nearly 15 minutes long, the entire show is great, this might be on u2start or some such place
1989-10-20 Sydney - not sure if this counts but All I Want Is You>Bad is great...sound quality isn't brilliant and there's a VERY annoying screamer but the version is brilliant
1993-08-12 London - the one with the violin, another one where the whole show is pretty nice
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ETA: And of course, I was ecstatic when they played it in Chicago on May 7th 05
LAPOE was kind of an awkward opener though...
Rattle and Hum Excerpts promo cd.
I love the '85 Bologne 5-12 (?) Bad with the Take me to the River snippet. Killer version.
Also, check out the last time Bad was played. 12-04-06 (?) Last gig in Japan. There is a high quality boot of this show and it does more than PROVE that Bono can sing this song better now than he ever could in the past 12 years. (Simply put, it is this concert that created a very high expectation I have for Bono's voice on this next album. So far, the song NL2 lives up to all the expectations and more, vocally)
Honestly, this is one of the few cases where I think an official release actually succeeds in being definitive. I've heard just about every Bad there is to hear, and the one I come back to the most is the version on Rattle And Hum.
Honestly, this is one of the few cases where I think an official release actually succeeds in being definitive. I've heard just about every Bad there is to hear, and the one I come back to the most is the version on Rattle And Hum.
Honestly, this is one of the few cases where I think an official release actually succeeds in being definitive. I've heard just about every Bad there is to hear, and the one I come back to the most is the version on Rattle And Hum.
This is probably my favorite version of the song.1985-04-15 East Rutherford - epic version nearly 15 minutes long, the entire show is great, this might be on u2start or some such place
I don't really understand how anyone's favourite version can be one where Bono screams the wide awakes, instead of hitting them cleanly. It always makes me cringe when he does that.
I've thought about this, and I think I have an explanation:
Tastes in music are subjective.
Then what is the point of this thread, anyway? The original poster wants suggestions... but tastes in music are subjective, so this thread must be totally pointless, because the original poster very well might like the performance from Farmclub.com during the ATYCLB promo tour better than Live Aid.
Read your own post, dude.
You didn't take the time to merely recommend a version you liked, you had to question why people would like other versions. How is that necessary? My post in this thread was a simple "I like the R&H version", did not add a few lines about how I cannot fathom how anyone would like another version.
So, if the thread is about taking a piss on what other people like while talking about what you like, then I offer my profuse apologies.